$18M Quebec maple syrup height leads to
arrests
CBC – 17 hours ago(Dec 18)
Last summer there was a massive maple syrup
theft in Quebec and 3 people were arrested, they are facing the charges in
court today. The thieves, “Richard Vallieres, 34, of Loretteville and Avik
Caron, 39, of Saint-Wenceslas, along with a third person arrested without a
warrant face charges of theft, conspiracy, handing stolen goods, and fraud.”
They got away with “9,600 barrels of maple syrup”, worth about “$18 million”
from a warehouse about 95km from Quebec City. The warehouse stored 3.4 million
litres of bulk maple syrup, which belonged to the Federation of Quebec Maple
Syrup Producers. About 1000 barrels were seized from S.K. Export Inc in
Kedgwick, N.B., by authorities in October. Police say they interrogated over
300 people in the investigation and are still looking for 5 other people
connected with the theft.
People will steal just bout anything they
can get their hands on these days, including maple syrup. I’m surprised by how
much its worth and the fact that they were able to steal 9,600 barrels of it.
It’s good that they were caught but there are still a suspected 5 other people
who were Not found. I really hope the police can find them as a theft on such a
major scale, with a third of the maple syrup still missing leaves a lot of
possibilities left. Like those people getting away with it and no one should be
allowed to get away with a crime, they should be faced with it and deal with
the consequences. I also hope they recover the last of the maple syrup and
perhaps money made.
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